- February 2, 2026
FPC's Trey Twilley wins the 132-pound championship match with a 10-9 decision at the 40th annual Flagler Rotary Invitational. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC coach David Bossardet hands the Flagler Rotary's Most Outstanding Wrestler trophy to junior Trey Twilley. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Trey Twilley (top) was voted the Most Oustanding Wrestler of the tournament. Photo by Rachel and Abe Mills
FPC's Trey Twilley won the 132-pound championship with a 10-9 decision over Tocoi Creek's Immanuel Gibbs. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Rotary Invitational Most Outstanding Wrestler Trey Twilley with his parents Allison and Robby Twilley. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Kevin McLean (right) wrestles 2025 state champ Nathan Lyttle of Harmony High School in the 132-pound championship match. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC sophomore Kevin McLean (right) shakes hands with his opponent, Nathan Lyttle of Harmony, as the championship matchups are announced. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC sophomore Kevin McLean (right) dominated four opponents to reach the 120-pound championship final. Photo by Rachel and Abe Mills
FPC's Jacob Hald (right) won six of seven matches to place third in the 106-pound weight class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Michael Fries won seven of eight matches to place third in the 150-pound weight class at the Flagler Rotary Invitational. Photo by Brent Woronoff
After losing a close decision in the second round, FPC's Michael Fries (right) won six matches to place third at 150 pounds. Photo by Rachel and Abe Mills
FPC freshman Jacob Hald (right) improved to 27-4 with a technical-fall victory against Deltona's Javonni Carraturo in the 106-pound third-place match. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Michael Fries (right) wins a 10-3 decision over Daniel De Almeida of Ponte Vedra in the 150-pound consolation semifinals. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Braden Dailey (right) wrestles Enrique Santos of Ponte Vedra in the 113-pound consolation semifinals. Dailey won by a major decision (15-5). Photo by Brent Woronoff
Leo Ortiz (right) of Harmony won a 7-2 decision over FPC's Braden Dailey in the 113-pound third-place match. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's JoJo Foalima in the 165-pound consolation semifinals. The freshman placed fourth in the tournament. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC freshman JoJo Foalima (right) wrestles Marcus Bouie (28-1) in the 165-pound third-place match. Foalima (26-7) won four of six matches, losing only to Bouie and eventual champ Benjamin Wolgemuth (28-3). Photo by Brent Woronoff
Matanzas 215-pounder Jackson Marchman wins the fifth-place match. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze coach Paul Shuler, 215-pounder Zane DePaula and assistant coach Isaac Hernandez. DePaula Placed fifth. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Doyvonne Leadon (left) wrestles Jacob Rodriguez of Winter Springs in the 175-pound third-place match. Leadon lost a 15-12 decision to place fourth. He won four of six matches in the two-day tournament.
FPC's Doyvonne Leadon (left) won a 12-9 decision over Zion Longmire of Fleming Island in the 175-pound consolation semifinals. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Doyvonne Leadon (top) placed fourth in the 175-pound weight class after Jacob Rodriguez (26-3) of Winter Springs won a 15-12 decision. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Aidan Korth win an ultimate tiebreaker over Sandalwood's Ignacio Farinas in the 285-pound consolation semifinals. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Aidan Korth (right) wrestles Braylon Lawrence of Tocoi Creek in the match for third place in 285 pounds. Lawrence improved to 23-5 with a 7-3 decision. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Gabriel Moy (right) won the fifth-place match with an 8-4 decision over Gulf Breeze's Ryker Hicks (left). Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze 165-pounder Jayce Gainer (right) ran his record to 30-5 at the Flagler Rotary. After losing his opening match by a 3-0 decision, Gainer won three in a row before getting knocked out in the fourth consolation round. Photo by Rachel and Abe Mills
Flagler Palm Coast junior Trey Twilley not only won the 132-pound championship at the 40th annual Flagler Rotary Invitational, he was also named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Twilley was FPC’s only champion, but the Bulldogs had eight other wrestlers place among the top five in their weight classes as FPC finished second overall behind tournament champ Oviedo Hagerty in the two-day invitational Jan. 30-31 at FPC’s main gym.
The 40th Rotary had a record 39 teams participate, including Matanzas which placed 19th and Seabreeze, which was 29th. Two other teams had pulled out.
“We had 39 teams, and I don’t think we could have fit any more,” FPC coach David Bossardet said. “I think this is as big as we can go.”
FPC's other wrestlers who made Saturday afternoon's final round of competition were: sophomore Kevin McLean who was the runner-up at 120 pounds; senior Michael Fries (150) and freshman Jacob Hald (106) who placed third; junior Braden Dailey (113), freshman JoJo Foalima (165), senior Doyvonne Leadon (175) and senior Aidan Korth (285) who placed fourth; and junior Gabriel Moy (144) who placed fifth.
Matanzas and Seabreeze each had one wrestler advance to Saturday’s final wrestling round with the two facing each other in the 215-pound fifth-place match. Matanzas junior Jackson Marchman pinned Seabreeze sophomore Zane DePaula to place fifth, with DePaula taking sixth.
Bossardet said Twilley was chosen as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler because he won the most competitive weight class. After pinning his first two opponents, Twilley beat two-time state qualifier Santiago Carrion of Creekside by an 11-2 major decision in the quarterfinals.
Twilley then got a rematch with Brentley Crawley of Hagerty in the semifinals. Crawley had beaten Twilley by a 4-2 decision at the Class 3A state duals regional final just a week earlier, on Jan. 23. In the Rotary semifinal, it was Twilley this time who won a 4-2 decision. He won another close match in the final, 10-9, against Tocoi Creek’s Immanuel Gibbs.
“I feel amazing. Words can't express how I'm feeling right now,” said Twilley, who lost in the 126-pound championship final last year at Rotary.
“The semis was a really, really tough kid who we took a loss to eight days ago,” Twilley said. “I didn’t dwell on it. I came into the (wrestling) room this week ready to work. I just started picking up on the little things I needed to do.”
Twilley had never wrestled his final opponent before. Gibbs (29-3) had moved in from Texas, Bossardet said, and they didn’t know too much about him. The match went back and forth with a flurry of points recorded in the final 37 seconds — a takedown by Twilley, a reversal by Gibbs.
“He almost ended up putting me to my back. Once I got to that position, I was like, ‘Oh, crap, I got to move.’ We were tied up and I got my escape. I stayed in good position, and we end up pulling it off. I was stoked.”
— TREY TWILLEY, Flagler Rotary champ at 132 pounds
“He almost ended up putting me to my back,” Twilley said. “Once I got to that position, I was like, ‘Oh, crap, I got to move.’ We were tied up and I got my escape. I stayed in good position, and we end up pulling it off. I was stoked.”
Twilley, who improved to 29-3 on the season, said he had a slow start this season.
“I didn't get enough tournaments (over the summer), and I started slowing down,” he said. “My feet got heavy, my head started going down and I started putting my hands on the mat. I wrestle best when I have my hands on somebody and I'm moving. When I’m aggressive, that’s how you know I’m in there.”
Bossardet said Twilley, who placed fourth at state last year, just needed to find his identity again.
“I've been telling everybody this since Trey has been in eighth grade: When Trey Twilley is ready to wrestle, I'll put him against anybody,” Bossardet said. “And he was ready to wrestle today. So, let's be ready to wrestle the next four competitions and district, region and state.”
Twilley said he feels ready.
“I’m locked in,” he said. “I'm feeling real good about myself right now.”
McLean (22-3) advanced to the Rotary championship round for the second straight year, losing to Nathan Lyttle of Harmony, both times. McLean also lost to Lyttle in the Class 3A state semifinals at 120 pounds last year. Lyttle went on to win the championship with a 49-0 record. Lyttle, who has one loss this season, also wrestled last summer in the U17 World Championships and the Pan American Championships with the Puerto Rico national wrestling team.
“I’ll see him again at state,” McLean said. “He’s the guy to beat. I just got to keep working.”
Fries won six of seven matches. After receiving a bye in round 1, he lost a 6-5 decision to Ry Miller of Jacksonville Cornerstone in round 2. Fries won five straight matches in wrestlebacks and then met Miller again in the third-place match, winning an 8-0 major decision.
Hald (27-4) won six of seven matches including three pins and two by technical fall. The freshman dominated the third-place match at 106 pounds with a 17-2 technical fall win against Deltona’s Javonni Carraturo (23-4).
Matanzas’ Marchman improved to 25-7 after his pin in 27 seconds to place fifth. Still, it was a successful weekend for Seabreeze’s DePaula, who has won 26 of 36 matches this season.
“Last year, I didn’t compete on the second day here, so I’ve gotten a lot better,” he said. “I’m a sophomore, so I still have time.”
Seabreeze coach Paul Shuler said DePaula has improved from the bottom position.
“He struggled last year, escaping,” Shuler said.
Seabreeze’s top wrestler, Jayce Gainer, ran his record to 30-5. The senior lost his opening match at 165 pounds and then won three in a row before getting knocked out in the fourth consolation round.
Bossardet said as a coach he likes the Rotary because it has a regional tournament feel.
“It gives us a gauge to see where we are and where we need to be three weeks from now,” he said. “So, I love the Rotary. It’s a big deal for our program, because it funds our program. It's a big deal for our kids, because they wrestle in front of their friends and family, and it's a big deal for our community.”
For the second year in a row, FPC assistant coach T.J. Gillin ran the tournament.
“TJ Gillin is the best tournament director out there,” Bossrdet said. “This tournament doesn't happen without Coach Gillin. He's the brains behind the operation. So hats off to him. He ran a great tournament.”
